Ceva (semiconductor company)

{{Short description|American company}}

{{Other uses|Ceva (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2016}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Ceva, Inc.

| logo = Ceva inc logo.jpg

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{NASDAQ|Ceva}}
S&P 600 component

| foundation = {{start date and age|2002}}

| location_city = Rockville, Maryland

| location_country = United States

| key_people = Amir Panush (CEO){{cite web |title=CEVA, Inc. Announces CEO Transition Plan |url=https://www.ceva-dsp.com/press/ceva-inc-announces-ceo-transition-plan/}}

| industry = Semiconductor integrated circuits

| products = Digital signal processor and deep learning processors

| divisions =

| revenue = {{increase}}{{US$|100.32 million}}{{cite web |url=https://app.quotemedia.com/data/downloadFiling?webmasterId=101533&ref=115684706&type=HTML&symbol=CEVA&companyName=CEVA+Inc.&formType=10-K&dateFiled=2021-03-01&CK=1173489 |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |access-date=March 1, 2020 |title=10-K 2020}}

| revenue_year = 2020

| operating_income = {{decrease}}{{US$|-0.76 million}}

| income_year = 2020

| net_income = {{decrease}}{{US$|-2.38 million}}

| net_income_year = 2020

| assets = {{increase}}{{US$|306.95 million}}

| assets_year = 2020

| equity = {{increase}}{{US$|260.89 million}}

| equity_year = 2020

| num_employees = 404

| num_employees_year = 2020

| subsid =

| homepage = {{URL|https://www.ceva-ip.com/}}

}}

Ceva Inc. is a publicly traded semiconductor intellectual property (IP) company, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland and specializes in digital signal processor (DSP) technology. The company's main development facility is located in Herzliya, Israel and Sophia Antipolis, France.

History

Ceva Inc. was created in November 2002, through the combination of the DSP IP licensing division of DSP Group (based in Israel) and Parthus Technologies plc.

Parthus was originally named Silicon Systems Ltd, and founded in Dublin, Ireland, in 1993 by Brian Long and Peter McManamon, Parthus had its initial public offering in 2000, just as the dot-com bubble was bursting in May, 2000.{{cite news |title=Dublin-based chip design company to take public listing |date=April 26, 2000 |work=Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/dublin-based-chip-design-company-to-take-public-listing-1.264316 |access-date=September 13, 2021}}

The agreement was announced in April, 2002.{{citation

| title=DSP Group, Parthus to merge IP licensing businesses in new company

| url=http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4095046/DSP-Group-Parthus-to-merge-IP-licensing-businesses-in-new-company

| date=April 5, 2002

| journal=Electronic Engineering Times

}}{{cite news |title=Parthus to merge with Israeli technology company |date=April 5, 2002 |work=Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/parthus-to-merge-with-israeli-technology-company-1.419057 |access-date=September 13, 2021}}

The DSP Group had founded a US company originally called DSP Cores, Inc, and then Corage, Inc. in 2001.

The company used the name ParthusCeva for the combination, and planned to list its shared on Nasdaq with symbol PCVA and London Stock Exchange symbol PCV.{{cite web |title=Form S-1 Registration Statement |publisher=US Securities and Exchange Commission |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001173489/000092701602003793/ds1.htm |date=July 30, 2002 |access-date=September 13, 2021}}

In December, 2003, the company dropped the "Parthus" from their name, and changed the sticker symbol to Ceva.{{cite news |date=November 24, 2003 |title=Parthus Ceva Becomes Ceva |work=Press release |url=https://www.lightreading.com/parthusceva-becomes-ceva/d/d-id/597293 |access-date=September 13, 2021}}

In 2007, it sold its stake in Dublin-based company GloNav to NXP Semiconductor for a gain of $10.9 million.{{cite news |work=Silicon Republic |date=May 1, 2008 |author=John Kennedy |title=Ceva makes US$10.9m capital gain on GloNav sale |url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/ceva-makes-us10-9m-capital-gain-on-glonav-sale |access-date=September 13, 2021}}

The company develops semiconductor intellectual property core technologies for multimedia and [https://www.ceva-ip.com/app/wireless-communication/ wireless communications]. Ceva claimed the largest number of [https://www.ceva-ip.com/product/ceva-bx2/ baseband processors] in 2010,{{cite news |author=Peter Clarke |date=January 31, 2011 |title=Ceva claims top spot for cell phone DSP |work=Electronic Engineering Times |url=http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4212713/Ceva-claims-top-spot-for-cell-phone-DSP |access-date=March 23, 2017}} and a 90% DSP IP market share in 2011.{{cite news |date=May 14, 2012 |title=Ceva Continues to Dominate DSP IP Market with 90% Market Share |work=Press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ceva-continues-to-dominate-dsp-ip-market-with-90-market-share-151346395.html |access-date=March 23, 2017}}

In July 2014 it acquired RivieraWaves SAS, a private company based in France.{{cite web |date=July 8, 2014 |title=Ceva Acquires RivieraWaves, Expands IP Offering with Connectivity for Smartphones, Tablets, Small Cells and the Internet of Things |url=https://www.ceva-dsp.com/press/ceva-acquires-rivierawaves-expands-ip-offering-with-connectivity-for-smartphones-tablets-small-cells-and-the-internet-of-things/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920225757/https://www.ceva-ip.com/press/ceva-acquires-rivierawaves-expands-ip-offering-with-connectivity-for-smartphones-tablets-small-cells-and-the-internet-of-things/ |archive-date=September 20, 2020 |website=Ceva Inc.}}

A 2018 document promoting Israeli innovations mentioned the company.{{cite book |url=http://mag.calltext.co.il/storage/2246/book%20sofi%20%281%29.pdf |date=July 10, 2018 |title=Israeli Innovations: Breakthrough Products that changed the world |access-date=September 13, 2021 |page=73 |publisher=Israel Innovation Authority}} (in Hebrew with English translation)

In July 2019 it acquired the Hillcrest Labs sensor fusion business from InterDigital.{{cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ceva-acquires-hillcrest-labs-intelligent-sensor-technologies-business-from-interdigital-300888363.html |title=Ceva Acquires Hillcrest Labs Intelligent Sensor Technologies Business from InterDigital |website=PR Newswire |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805023946/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ceva-acquires-hillcrest-labs-intelligent-sensor-technologies-business-from-interdigital-300888363.html |archive-date=August 5, 2019}}

Also in July 2019, it entered into a strategic partnership with a Canadian company, Immervision{{cite web |title=Ceva and Immervision enter strategic partnership |url=https://evertiq.com/news/46640 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921005110/https://evertiq.com/news/46640 |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |website=Evertiq}} to secure exclusive licensing rights for its patented image processing and sensor fusion technologies for wide-angle cameras.

On May 31, 2021, Ceva acquired Intrinsix, another semiconductor design company, for an estimated $33 million.{{cite news |date=May 10, 2021 |title=Ceva to Acquire Intrinsix Corp., Expanding its Offering to Include Full Turnkey IP Platforms |work=Press release |url=https://www.ceva-ip.com/press/ceva-to-acquire-intrinsix-corp-expanding-its-offering-to-include-full-turnkey-ip-platforms |access-date=September 13, 2021}}/

On September 20, 2023, Cadence acquired Intrinsix Corporation from Ceva.

In December 2023, Ceva launched a new brand identity reflecting its focus on smart edge IP innovation reflecting the company's commitment to being the partner of choice for transformative IP solutions that power the smart edge.

Technologies

=Imaging and computer vision=

Ceva develops technology for low-cost, low-power computational photography and computer vision.{{cite web |title=Embedded Vision Alliance Members |website=embedded-vision.com |language=en |url=https://www.embedded-vision.com/embedded-vision-alliance-members |access-date=2019-09-11}} The company provides vision DSP cores, deep neural network toolkits, real-time software libraries, hardware accelerators, and algorithm developer ecosystems.

=Deep learning=

Ceva develops software for deep neural networks centered on the Ceva-XM computer vision and NeuPro AI cores.{{cite web |title=Ceva-XM6 {{!}} Ceva |url=https://www.ceva-ip.com/product/ceva-xm6/ |access-date=2019-10-04 |website=ceva-ip.com}}

NeuPro is Ceva's family of low-power artificial intelligence processors for deep learning.{{cite web |last=Frumusanu |first=Andrei |title=Ceva Announces NeuPro-S Second-Generation NN IP |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/14872/ceva-announces-neupros-secondgenration-nn-ip |access-date=2019-11-06 |website=anandtech.com}} NeuPro processors are self-contained, specialized [https://www.ceva-ip.com/product/ceva-neupro-m/ AI processors], scaling in performance for a broad range of end markets including IoT, smartphones, surveillance, automotive, robotics, medical, and industrial.{{cite web |title=NeuPro Family of AI Processors |website=design-reuse-embedded.com |url=https://www.design-reuse-embedded.com/displayIP/im_and_vi_neupro |access-date=2019-11-06}} This group of products offers high-performance configurations ranging from 2 Tera Ops Per Second (TOPS) for the entry-level processor and 12.5 TOPS for the most advanced configuration.

=Wireless IoT=

[https://www.ceva-ip.com/app/connectivity/ Wireless connectivity] is often used in devices being created for the Internet of things (IoT).

Ceva develops Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ultra-wideband, and narrowband IoT integrated wireless IoT platforms for integration into a system on a chip (SoC).

See also

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